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"On My Way": The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and "Porgy and Bess." by Joseph Horowitz (review)

"On My Way": The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and "Porgy and Bess." by... reviews 261 No Te 1. See Jonas Westover, “o rchestrations for the Passing Show of 1914: An Analysis of the Techniques of Frank Saddler and Sol l evy,” in Music, American Made: Essays in Honor of John Graziano, ed. John Koegel (Sterling Heights, m I: Harmonie Park Press, 2011), 439–59; and Jonas Westover, “Shaping a Song for the Stage: How the e arly r evue Cultivated Hits,” Studies in Musical Theatre 6, no. 2 (2012): 153–71. “On My Way”: The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and “Porgy and Bess.” b y Joseph Horowitz. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 2013. ISbN: 978- 0- 393- 24013- 9. Cloth. Pp. 304. $26.95. Porgy and Bess is a canonical text in American culture—beloved, berated, repeat- edly revived, and endlessly researched, prodded, and interpreted by musicolo- gists, historians (including the author of this review), and cultural critics since its 1935 debut. e verybody wants a piece of Porgy and Bess. A certain amount of jostling for artistic credit has long accompanied the opera as well. In 1952 Dorothy Heyward, widow of Dubose Heyward, complained of a celebrated revival that “my pleasure in the grand reviews was marred by the almost http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Music University of Illinois Press

"On My Way": The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and "Porgy and Bess." by Joseph Horowitz (review)

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American Music , Volume 36 (2) – Jul 31, 2018
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reviews 261 No Te 1. See Jonas Westover, “o rchestrations for the Passing Show of 1914: An Analysis of the Techniques of Frank Saddler and Sol l evy,” in Music, American Made: Essays in Honor of John Graziano, ed. John Koegel (Sterling Heights, m I: Harmonie Park Press, 2011), 439–59; and Jonas Westover, “Shaping a Song for the Stage: How the e arly r evue Cultivated Hits,” Studies in Musical Theatre 6, no. 2 (2012): 153–71. “On My Way”: The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and “Porgy and Bess.” b y Joseph Horowitz. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 2013. ISbN: 978- 0- 393- 24013- 9. Cloth. Pp. 304. $26.95. Porgy and Bess is a canonical text in American culture—beloved, berated, repeat- edly revived, and endlessly researched, prodded, and interpreted by musicolo- gists, historians (including the author of this review), and cultural critics since its 1935 debut. e verybody wants a piece of Porgy and Bess. A certain amount of jostling for artistic credit has long accompanied the opera as well. In 1952 Dorothy Heyward, widow of Dubose Heyward, complained of a celebrated revival that “my pleasure in the grand reviews was marred by the almost

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